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MARIAH REVEALS LOOKS FOR UPCOMING TOUR: Wardrobe includes gowns, men’s blazers, tuxedo suits and a $10 million brooch.
*Move over Diana Ross, Mariah Carey will have nine costume changes during her “Adventures of Mimi: The Voice, the Hits, the Tour” outing, which is finally set to kick off tomorrow (8/5) in Miami, Fl.
Celebrity stylist June Ambrose tells MTV.com that the singer will don everything from flowing gowns to menswear-inspired tuxedo styles.
"The show starts off very ‘Blade Runner,’ with black-and-white, racy looks where [Mariah] looks like an R&B superhero," Ambrose said. "And then her lightness comes out and she is emancipated with bright colors, showing off her great goddess legs, ready to celebrate and party."
Using designers Gianni Versace and Roberto Cavalli as inspirations, Ambrose said her goal was for the tour to achieve the look of “an R&B hip-hop musical.”
"The show is cabaret-like: fun, racy, sexy, but subtle,” she said. “I designed the outfits [to look] theatrical. [The concert] starts out like a black-and-white affair, and then she strips away all the rumors and she's born again."
Ticket holders will see Carey in get-ups that one “wouldn't normally see her in,” like a white men’s blazer. "When would you ever see Mariah in a men's blazer?" Ambrose said. "This is to give her a James Bond look. It's very mod, very sleek."
Carey eventually sheds the blazer during a performance of "Breakdown" to reveal garters and a black off-the-shoulder leotard encrusted with Swarovski crystals.
An outfit Carey wears toward the end of the show is one of Ambrose’s favorites. "It's dyed perfectly to her skin, but it looks like she's naked," said the Antigua-born designer. "It looks like there are stones bouncing off her flesh. She looks like a million bucks."
Other costumes include a sky-blue, Halston-inspired goddess gown; a sunflower-colored chiffon floor-length dress; and a wine-colored Diana Ross-style gown, worn with a $10 million Harry Winston brooch.
"Mariah's body is voluptuous," Ambrose said. "It's about her finding her sexuality and nothing else."
Topping off that outfit are 7-inch stiletto high heels in black patent leather designed by Paris shoemaker Courtney Crawford.
"They're super-high, super-sexy, but she can definitely jump around in them," Ambrose said.
There will be a moment in the concert where Carey sports a superhero-like costume that features a long silver cape with the word "Mimi" emblazoned on the back, as well as a blindfold and platform heels. She'll then take off the cape and reveal a pair of knickers (with butterflies on the back pockets) and a crop top.
"That's the round-the-way girl look," Ambrose said. "She's the most accessible in those looks."
Ambrose has outfitted tours of Diddy, Missy Elliott and R. Kelly. She’ll reveal industry-insider secrets in her book "Effortless Style," due on shelves Oct. 1.
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